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TSA Is Secretly Watching You 2009-11-25T00:56:17-05:00 Covert officers at 161 U.S. airports, including LAX, look for suspicious behaviors. The program has led to arrests on charges of drug trafficking, among others. You might not see them. But they're watching you. To identify dangerous people, the Transportation...

3,000 Behavior Detection Officers Will Be Watching You This Thanksgiving 2009-11-25T00:55:41-05:00 Here's a question to ponder the next time you're taking off your shoes at airport security: Can you spot terrorists by the look on their faces? For the Transportation Security Administration (TSA), the answer is yes. For the past few...

Court Rules That New York Can Seize Land/Homes To Build New Sports Arena 2009-11-25T00:54:11-05:00 ALBANY, N.Y. -- New York's top court ruled Tuesday that the state can use eminent domain to force homeowners and businesses to sell their properties for a massive development in Brooklyn that includes a new arena for the New Jersey...

U.S., Canada Will Share Refugee Fingerprints 2009-11-25T00:53:32-05:00 The United States says it will join Canada, Australia and Britain in sharing fingerprints and other data to help authorities discern people's true identities in cracking down on asylum shopping and unlawful immigration. The program would allow governments to ferret...

Hiding Evidence of Global Cooling 2009-11-25T00:52:24-05:00 Washington Times Scientific progress depends on accurate and complete data. It also relies on replication. The past couple of days have uncovered some shocking revelations about the baloney practices that pass as sound science about climate change. It was announced...

Third-Grader Arrested for Toy Gun 2009-11-24T02:19:05-05:00 MACON -- A Macon area third-grader was suspended from school after he pointed a toy gun at a parent while walking home from school Thursday. Police haven't identified the boy, who is a student at Ingram-Pye Elementary. Police say the...

Microsoft and News Corp eye web pact 2009-11-24T02:15:31-05:00 By Matthew Garrahan / FT.com Microsoft has had discussions with News Corp over a plan that would involve the media company being paid to "de-index" its news websites from Google, setting the scene for a search engine battle that could...

Climategate: How The MSM Reported The Greatest Scandal In Modern Science 2009-11-24T02:06:35-05:00 Here's what the Times has had to say on the subject: E-mails allegedly written by some of the world's leading climate scientists have been stolen by hackers and published on websites run by climate change sceptics. The sceptics claim that...

Feds Find Association Between Drywall Made In China And Corrosion 2009-11-24T02:01:41-05:00 WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. -- The federal government said Monday that it has found a "strong association" between problematic imported Chinese drywall and corrosion of pipes and wires, a conclusion that supports complaints by thousands of homeowners over the last...

Windows 8 Release Expected in 2012 2009-11-24T01:55:28-05:00 Windows 8 will be with us in 2012, according to Microsoft roadmaps apparently revealed at last week's Professional Developers' Conference (PDC). Although Microsoft has yet to officially discuss plans for Windows 8, a 2012 release would be consistent with previous...